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   mutilate

   /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on: "most of the prisoners had been mutilated" Similar manglemaimdisfigurecut to piecescut uphack upbutcherdismembertear limb from limbtear apartlacerate
   • ▪ inflict serious damage on: "the fine carved screen was mutilated in the 18th century" Similar vandalizedamagedefacespoilmarruindestroywreckviolatedesecrateinformal:trashrare:disfeature

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin mutilat- ‘maimed, mutilated, lopped off’, from the verb mutilare, from mutilus ‘maimed’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mutilator noun

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   MUTILATE definition: 1. to damage something severely, especially by violently removing a part: 2. to destroy an idea or…. Learn more.

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   mutilate somebody/something to damage somebody’s body very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it. The body had been badly mutilated.

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   The meaning of MUTILATE is to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect. How to use mutilate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Mutilate.

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   noun [uncountable, countable] Thousands suffered death or mutilation in the bomb blast. See mutilate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Definition of mutilate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMUTILATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   MUTILATE meaning: 1. to damage something severely, especially by violently removing a part: 2. to destroy an idea or…. Learn more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMUTILATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   (mjuːtɪleɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense mutilates , present participle mutilating , past tense, past participle mutilated. 1. verb. If a person or animal is mutilated, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them. More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months. [be VERB -ed]

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   Mutilate definition: to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts. See examples of MUTILATE used in a sentence.

9. www.thefreedictionary.com › mutilateMutilate - definition of mutilate by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to injure or disfigure by removing or irreparably damaging parts: to mutilate a painting. 2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part. [1525–35; < Latin mutilātus, past participle of mutilāre to maim, derivative of mutilus mutilated; see -ate 1] mu`ti•la′tion, n. mu′ti•la`tor, n.

10. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › mutilateMutilate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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    Mutilate is a verb that means to injure or ruin, usually in a brutal or messy way. If you drop a cantaloupe into a wood chipper, you'll mutilate that poor melon, with chunks of fruit and rind flying everywhere.

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    mutilate meaning, definition, what is mutilate: to severely and violently damage someone...: Learn more.